...> position where there's the first difference between several possible completions. Unlike what you seem to think, when partial completion mode is on, trace.<TAB> can complete to both trace.txt and trace2.txt. This is what partial completion mode is all about: it completes each part of the input (in this case, the part before and after the period) independently. Eli, Thanks ...

...2008 21:15:46 +0200 I have the following files: prompt$ ls -1 /tmp/trace* /tmp/trace2.txt /tmp/trace.txt prompt$ Now I do: M-x partial-completion-mode ... seem to think, when partial completion mode is on, trace.<TAB> can complete to both trace.txt and trace2.txt. This is what partial completion mode is all about: it completes each part of the input (in this...

hallo Group Members I have the following files: prompt$ ls -1 /tmp/trace* /tmp/trace2.txt /tmp/trace.txt prompt$ Now I do: M-x partial-completion-mode then: C-x C-f /tmp/trace.<TAB> emacs correctly resolves it to: C-x C-f /tmp/trace.txt ^ but leaves | cursor here-------+ instead of at the end of line. Is it some defect of partial completion mode?...